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If it gets milky this is more than likely a reaction (oxidation according to your hydro guy) which is producing an insoluble solid--which comes out of solution (and can't be taken in by roots).
I'd recommend a few things:
Try figuring out exactly which nute it is that's causing the milky reaction. Knowing that might help in preventing it. You can switch off using either nute back and forth in your regimen to avoid it.
Try to mix in a little sodium sulfate to prevent oxidation. This method is used in wines to preserve flavor. I believe concentration is usually something like 0.2% w/v but you can probably go lower and still get appreciable effect--I'm not sure what that would work out to in ppm--but it works out to about 100mg/L ~ 100ppm. This is all assuming that your hydro shop guy knows his chemistry, though.
Apply this nute separately during a later feeding.
Good stuff.. but poison stamped on it scared the shit out of me at first.. had to try it on my veggie garden first.. I use it at 1ml per 5 gallons cuz its soo flippin strong and mainly as a ph up.. it will last soo long..
almost forgot.. I mix it with about a half gallon of fresh clean ro water and add it last..
Peace,
GodZsoN
^^^ do this and you will be solid.are you adding ph down after the slica?
youre suppose to add the silca first THEN add ph down to get it back in a ph7 range. Then you can add the rest of you nutes.
Oxidation or falling out or locking out.. The camg tends to drop out of the solution when used at the end at the recommend dose.. Best way I figured out right after that was to apply to the clean water and ph down to 7 and apply the rest of the nutes.. Works good as hell for the price.. Also like the new gh silica, works very similar and i believe it's 10% silica.Is the cloudiness called floculation, or "falling out"? I also noticed it happening in combo with either Bud/Veg part B or cal/mag. I use bloom silica in veg and fasilitor in flower, but never see falling out with fasilitor, only potassium silicate. I add it first at 1 ml/g and let it mix for a while then part a, then roots, then part b, then cal/mag. That order seems to minimize any cloudyness from occurring.
When it clouds, what is falling out? The silicate or a form a potassium maybe?
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